Originally Posted by Shard (Post 12411002)

Will that be your first time there?

Originally Posted by Shakyuk (Post 12411037)

We've visited and driven a loop from Calgary, Banff, Jasper, Edmonton to Calgary over a couple of weeks. We really loved Calgary but I haven't been able to get a job from the UK. I'm hoping when I'm out there I'll have a better chance. I'm not blowing my own trumpet but I am a good engineer so I know once I've got my foot in somewhere I'll be fine... it's just getting that foot in :lol:

Originally Posted by Photoplex (Post 12354529)

Whilst there are many anecdotal stories out there about how dire the property market is, and how construction has all but stopped, all I can offer is my personal experiences on the ground.

Infill/tailgate Construction: Very active. I live in an older neighbourhood (mid 50s - now considered "inner-city") and on my block alone there are 4 infill construction projects happening. Expand that radius to the surrounding 3x3 block grid and there something in the order of 15 infill projects. Most neighbourhoods I visit in the city (that allow R-2 infill construction) are experiencing the same boom in infills.

Tract Construction: I have a friend that works sales for one of the new neighbourhood construction companies for about 5 years, and he claims they've never been busier. They're making sales with next to little effort. There's something like 8 large neighbourhoods being developed around the edges of the city.

Originally Posted by Shard (Post 12412656)

When you're there, make sure you do blow your trumpet, as that's what's expected!

Originally Posted by neilg14 (Post 12413066)

Just to add to the last paragraph, don’t know about other parts of the city but I drive the HWY2/Deerfoot in SE Calgary many times a week and Macleod weekly and houses and estates are being built at an incredible rate, you can actually see the various landscapes changing weekly.
The way it’s spreading south, in 15yrs, Okotoks will be part of Calgary.

Originally Posted by Shakyuk (Post 12413530)

Do people enjoy singing their own praises then? I'm usually not a blow my own trumpet kind of guy... but I really need a job!

Originally Posted by Shakyuk (Post 12413537)

I'm not yet a resident of Calgary but I have noticed the rapidly changing map and expanding borders. It scares me to be honest, the city is nice as it is, if it continues it'll spread out into a typical north American spread of congestion.


I thought Nenshi was meant to be putting a slow down on urban sprawl.


I know what you mean about Okotoks, I have had that exact thought myself!

Originally Posted by Vulcanoid (Post 12413740)

I don't know if they actively enjoy it, but north American etiquette demands much more 'look how great I am', or at the very least, more 'this is me'. When I first moved here, I certainly wasn't expecting to get the spiel from the guy opening my bank account about his triumphs in life, including raising 2 children whose names and triumphs I also got. Immediately followed by "now Vulcanoid, tell me about you." And I died inside.

Originally Posted by Vulcanoid (Post 12413740)

I don't know if they actively enjoy it, but north American etiquette demands much more 'look how great I am', or at the very least, more 'this is me'. When I first moved here, I certainly wasn't expecting to get the spiel from the guy opening my bank account about his triumphs in life, including raising 2 children whose names and triumphs I also got. Immediately followed by "now Vulcanoid, tell me about you." And I died inside.

Originally Posted by Photoplex (Post 12413890)

Long time resident. It's not an issue if you don't live in the distant enclaves. Why would someone else's traffic problems be your concern. In short, don't live in the deep south, or deep north. Or the east/north east for that matter.

Originally Posted by Shard (Post 12413943)

Originally Posted by Shard (Post 12413943)

Originally Posted by Photoplex (Post 12413890)

Long time resident. It's not an issue if you don't live in the distant enclaves. Why would someone else's traffic problems be your concern. In short, don't live in the deep south, or deep north. Or the east/north east for that matter.

Originally Posted by dbd33 (Post 12414616)

The snag being that one may want to go out of town. Toronto was fine to live in so long as one didn't have need to go beyond the limit of the trams, after that it was couple of hours to get out and a couple of hours to get back in again. It may be, of course, that central Calgary is wonderful and there's nothing much beyond the city limits.

Originally Posted by Photoplex (Post 12414889)

Furthermore, the ring road (Stoney Trail) is almost complete, which will negate the city escape issues during rush hours.

Originally Posted by Shard (Post 12414913)

I guess the only issue is that there's nowhere to escape to.

Originally Posted by Shakyuk (Post 12414929)

I can appreciate a nice bit of nothing ☺